Minnesota Administrative Rules

7620.0130 PURPOSE.

These parts identify measures that may be used in the event of a petroleum supply emergency. The further purposes of these parts are: to protect the health and safety of the citizens of the state by ensuring that certain priority petroleum users have sufficient fuel to conduct essential activities; to facilitate the distribution of supplies to the public in a fair manner; to identify and authorize the actions to be undertaken by governmental agencies in an energy supply emergency; to describe the responsibilities of major employers and school district authorities in petroleum supply emergency planning and implementation; to establish an appeals system and procedures for exemptions from and exceptions to emergency measures; and to authorize the state executive to provide for the public health, safety, and welfare during an energy supply emergency.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 216C.15

History:

L 1987 c 312 art 1 s 9

Published Electronically:

October 11, 2007